Empire 8

[FROMAFAR]

Good points smooth swat and maybe that will be the deciding factor. I have nothing against Mc Adams, as I have nothing against any of these players. I just have seen him cough it up late ( hence the late game folding). The tirnovers are not as noticeable when your winning but lose a lead and then they magnify. As I said this probably nit picking he is a very good player and I wish him luck. The season has been great, and it probably has a lot of drama left......... Enjoy    is aeson ah

[bombersquadron]

If you go back to my post about a month ago you can see that my predictions pretty much have held true to what everyone else is saying. Still, it seems people are neglecting to see the fact since then Bostic has been playing as a first team player and has been putting up great numbers.

Over the last eleven games Bostic is averaging 15.8 pts and 13.2 boards a game. For the season, he is at 13.6 and 11.4, with 3 blocks a game. He is becoming an emotional leader for the Bombers and has stepped up big in a lot of recent games and is helping the team fight for the regular season championship and host the tourney. 

Carson on the other hand, is averaging 15.9 and 10.3 to a team that has no shot of being in the empire 8 playoffs and got swept by Hartwick. I think Carson had an unbelievable season and showed more improvement than I've seen from anyone in the Empire8 in my memory, and should be second team all conference, and if there is a most improved player, it is obviously him.

It comes down to the fact that most of the people who have posted either have it in their head that points mean everything (Bostic leads Carson in almost every category other than points), or that they have just had Carson penciled in all year because of his great start. Despite Carson's great start everyone needs to open their eyes to the fact Jeff Bostic (already a first team all conference player last year) has dominated conference play. I am obviously from Ithaca and possibly bias in some ways, but I am just surprised to see not one person even mention Bostic as a possible first team player or consider it an argument.

[magicman]

Enjoy    is aeson ah

FROMAFAR
Is this some kind of hidden message?

[FROMAFAR]

Magic man, I'm not that deep....... A simple typo earlier in my post that would not delete on my computer.  The wink means nothing as well, just giving myself something different than the rest.  Enjoy the weekend games.........

[FROMAFAR]

Hey gang I need help.....  Is the Fischer Stevens game televised. I don't see it.  What am I doing wrong...?

[gobombers15]

Hey gang I need help.....  Is the Fischer Stevens game televised. I don't see it.  What am I doing wrong...?

First of all, guys, no "c" in Fisher. Just like there's only one "i' in Ithaca. Secondly, Fisher is done with Stevens for the regular season. They do, however, play Utica this evening. The game can be seen on Empire 8 TV. I posted the link below for Empire 8 TV. Games are $2/per. Also, how bad did E8TV drop the ball on tonight's IC/Stevens game? Probably the biggest game of the E8 season, to date, and it's not offered on E8TV. That's too bad. I really wanted to watch it. Guess I have to settle for listening on the radio. Well, at least E8TV was smart enough to make available the huge Naz/Elmira game. I'm speechless.

www.empire8.tv

Also, there was nary a mention of RIT's tight game with Alfred, of all teams, on Tuesday night. RIT won, 76-74. Nice nights for Carson (17 and 10) and Gethers (22 and 7).

PREDICTIONS

UTICA beats Fisher, 68-62.
Naz stops ELMIRA, 73-54.
HARTWICK over Alfred, 71-64.
ITHACA over Stevens, 78-75 (OT).

[bamm]

Also, there was nary a mention of RIT's tight game with Alfred, of all teams, on Tuesday night. RIT won, 76-74. Nice nights for Carson (17 and 10) and Gethers (22 and 7).

I would have mentioned it if was actually tight, but this is a case of the final score being deceiving.  RIT led by 6-9 points for the final few minutes of the game, and had something like a seven point lead with 20 seconds to go.  Alfred hit a three with virtually no time on the clock to make it look like it went down to the wire.  Still, good effort by the Saxons.

Not sure why yet, but Colin Roy didn't play. 

[smoothswat]

Ithaca - Stevens games are available through the ithaca website.

[scooterman]

Coach Burton will pull the Ithaca crew to the NCAA's. They are peaking!!! Watch out E8--especially you Fisher Dynasty!!!

[Duckman]

I'm gonna say Stevens by 9 or 10 on this one.  I'm feeling lucky.

[gobombers15]

Bombers up by 9 at half, 48-39. Ithaca getting big contributions from Bostic, Leahy and Rogers. Stevens being kept in the game by Farid and Passalacqua's hot shooting. Nice crowd for the Bombers.

[gobombers15]

Bombers lead 66-55 with 13 minutes left. Great game, a lot of action.

[gobombers15]

Bombers control their destiny, handling Stevens 93-82. With a win against Naz tomorrow Ithaca will host the E8 Tourney. Stats coming later.

Also, props to the IC women for knocking off the previously undefeated Stevens women. Nice night for Bombers hoops.

[Pat Coleman]

Ithaca - Stevens games are available through the ithaca website.

There's a link on the front page of our site to it as well if you look there.

[gobombers15]

Yep, I watched it. When I made the post earlier, the story about the game being on ICTV was not yet on the front page of IC's Athletics website. Came up shortly thereafter. No worries.

Also, ICTV said that the Naz game will also be televised tomorrow.